Analyzing Body Size as a Factor in Ecology and Evolution

1989/11/01 by Michael LaBarbera · 13 citations
Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.es.20.110189.000525

Abstract

Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine observations of species occurrence or abundance with environmental estimates. They are used to gain ecological and evolutionary insights and to predict distributions across landscapes, ...Read More

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